Latest news and stories about cultural commentary in Portugal for expats and residents.
All that is left is to turn the 25th of April into a craft beer festival called Li-beer-ty.
The author reflects on the concept of the 'flâneur'—a wanderer without a fixed destination—inspired by the work of João Ventura. He contrasts this aimless exploration with his own recent travels and discusses the challenges of fostering a love for reading in younger generations, particularly within the context of school curricula and the decline of traditional bookstores. The piece also touches upon the broader cultural crisis facing literature and the role of parents and teachers in encouraging reading habits.
The time of having colours for boys and colours for girls is long gone, thanks to common sense and having eyes in one's head. A column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso.
We say that good things never return, that we should use our longing to appreciate the luck of having lived those moments. But they do return. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso
The 'Portuguese of old' had very contemporary vices and were as roguish and as impertinent as those of today.
Ricardo Araújo Pereira makes a serious accusation against Luís Vaz de Camões and tries to justify it by presenting what he claims are pieces of evidence. He cites sonnets, vilancetes (short lyrical forms), endechas (laments) and esparsas (occasional poems). At the end he speaks with Carlos Maria Bobone and shows that it is possible to introduce, in an erudite conversation about Camões, the word “rabo” (literally “tail”, colloquially “arse”). On the celebrations of the prince of poets' birthday, recall this episode of Ricardo Araújo Pereira's podcast, “Coisa Que Não Edifica Nem Destrói”.
We are all mired in an inward-looking subjectivism that protects what we think in the worst possible way: by becoming indifferent to what others think. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso.
In Manuel João Vieira's absurdities there is intelligent criticism.
